Per-Entity Metadata Working Group

[Tom Scavo <>]

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Cantor, Scott 
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 wrote:
>> Open this directory structure for access via rsync, Dropbox, OwnCloud,
>> 'you name it' to sync the signed files to campuses operating their own
>> local MDQ server to get independent from the centrally operated MDQ. No
>> need for HTTP proxies, just for local MDQ servers at the campuses.
>
> Right, but how many campuses will want to do that? How many will bother?

If our experience with Duo Security is any indicator, there is a
significant fraction of deployments that care about outages of cloud
services. This has been discussed (with the community) many times. The
same concerns will surface in the case of per-entity metadata
distribution.

> How many will ignore the whole issue because they're being told that moving 
> to this new approach suddenly requires extra work from them?

I'm afraid you can't ignore per-entity metadata distribution. We know
what will happen if deployments continue to rely on aggregates.

Tom